Thursday, June 21, 2007

S.Africa unit labour costs at 5.9 pct in Q4 - c.bank

(Reuters) - South Africa's unit labour costs increased by 5.9 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2006 compared to a revised 5.2 percent in the previous quarter, the central bank said on Thursday.

Changes in nominal labour costs normally precede or coincide with changes in consumer price inflation, where the main CPIX gauge targeted by the Reserve Bank accelerated to an annualised 6.3 percent in April, breaching a 3-6 percent target.


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